speaker question
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The opposite of much of what you say is true. Crossovers don't muck up sound. They split the signal and send different frequencies to different drivers and/or speakers. It's BETTER to have a single driver and speaker responsible for a single range. This allows that speaker to be designed to maximize its ability to reproduce that set range. A single driver responsible for the entire frequency range is the worst you can do because it's a jack of all trades and a master of none. Don't believe me? Listen to a component woofer try to reproduce the entire frequency range. Then listen to a woofer with a crossover tweeter. Then listen to a woofer, tweeter, and subwoofer. All of which are crossed over to reproduce a set range. It's exponentially better.
The built in crossovers you get with coaxial and triaxial speakers aren't as good as standalone crossovers. This is why I said it's important to buy a quality speaker rather than worry about 2 way vs. 3 way.
The built in crossovers you get with coaxial and triaxial speakers aren't as good as standalone crossovers. This is why I said it's important to buy a quality speaker rather than worry about 2 way vs. 3 way.
Don't forget that simple crossovers also introduce phase shifts as well and the cheap capacitors introduce extra componentry in your signal path that will slightly degrade signal purity. Thus my opinion of less is more. To play devil's advocate, why stop at a 3-way, why not go with a 10-way and have a bunch of progressive drivers try to fight each other and try to reproduce the whole spectrum!
